Lý Thảo Nhi

Lý Thảo Nhi (died 1 January 1968) was the wife of Tay Ninh Province village chief Phan Thành Sang during the Vietnam War. In 1968, a US Army platoon entered the village and shot some pigs and innocent civilians, and, when the US soldiers took Sang in for questioning, Nhi loudly protested and shouted at them. This led to an annoyed Sergeant Bob Barnes shooting Nhi once in the head with his carbine, and he then took her crying daughter and threatened to kill her unless Sang cooperated. Ultimately, he was prevented from doing so when Sergeant Elias Gordon attacked him, and Lieutenant Mark Wolfe ordered that the village be burned and the suspected Viet Cong rounded up.